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Meta's Child Sexual Exploitation Detection

Meta's use of automated detection tools to find and remove child sexual exploitation material, and the criticism it faces for its systems' false-positive rates and lack of transparency.

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Feb 5, 2026

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Law enforcement prioritizes reports through a layered triage that begins with ’s labeling and categorization, moves through automated de-duplication and referral to appropriate agencies, and finishes ...

Feb 4, 2026

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(Meta) and other electronic service providers are required to report apparent child sexual exploitation material (CSAM) and certain predatory behaviors to the , but those reports are not universally “...

Feb 1, 2026

How do Meta’s automated moderation systems detect child sexual exploitation and what are their documented false positive rates?

relies primarily on — image hashing/matching, AI classifiers, and pattern-based signals — to find, remove and report suspected child sexual exploitation, and it funnels large volumes of automated repo...

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